Husband, Father, Founder and Master Software Craftsman of RoleModel Software, Homeschool advocate, follower of Jesus Christ (on my best days)

Holly Springs, NC
Joined March 2009
Having become a product manager (and having been a programmer for 40ish years), accurately guessing what I should want after a diversity of inputs is even harder. But I sure don't want AI to guess for me.
Anyone who thinks that AI will make programmers obsolete has never sat in on a requirements meeting with the product owner. (HT @twelfthposition)
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Excited to announce that RoleModel Software has spun out Ninja Master Software into its own entity that I'm heading up to better support the growing Ninja Sport. lnkd.in/gb5EeGi3
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I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Chief Executive Officer at Ninja Master Software LLC! lnkd.in/geG8CnkJ
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Wow. I was humbled by the testimony of the people who came through RoleModel at our 25 year anniversary. "The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad." (Ps. 126:3). I started RoleModel in 1997 after studying the early church and being convicted by…lnkd.in/ertCk28E
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Wow. I was humbled by the testimony of the people who came through RoleModel at our 25 year anniversary. "The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad." (Ps. 126:3). I started RoleModel in 1997 after studying the early church and being convicted…lnkd.in/epmpwWPs
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What is an expert system? And where does it come from? blog.rolemodelsoftware.com/t…
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I was recently asked to speak with TK Kader about SaaS, Custom Software and the journey to build a business. I certainly didn’t have all the answers, but I really enjoyed the conversation and hopefully shared some helpful insights. anchor.fm/.../Outsourcing-So…
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Excited to be able to share some work RoleModel Software, Inc. has done recently: rolemodelsoftware.com/case-s…
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Reflection on "The Rules of the Game" paper I co-authored 17 years ago and how it still applies in Software Development: blog.rolemodelsoftware.com/t…
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For those people who ever had an idea about writing custom software, @roythemiller wrote a short read with 6 key questions: blog.rolemodelsoftware.com/d…
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It's been too long since I published an article. After 35 years in this industry, I learned a few things about sustainable software and what it requires, so I thought I'd share: blog.rolemodelsoftware.com/s…
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As a follow-up to my "HotDraw Revisited" talk, someone might be interested in seeing what we've done recently: youtu.be/jHX-DqHQuYs
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I'll be speaking about why OO JavaScript is not dead and how @rolemodelsoft leveraged it for our Custom Visual Configurator framework (rolemodelsoftware.com/landin…) at Triangle Node.js tomorrow night: meetup.com/triangle-nodejs/e…
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A good intro to why DevOps is critical. I'm considering a follow-up that discusses why TDD is important to exploit DevOps...
Dev-Ops is a hot topic, but what exactly is it? @kyptin’s post on the topic explains the power of Dev-Ops and how it dovetails with Agile programming. Read and comment on the Post here: bit.ly/2LYIqMZ.
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Good summary of what we've concluded after 21+ years of Custom Software Development... xitter.cf/rolemodelsoft/status/1…
Everyone has been burned by upfront estimates of custom software. But is there a better way? @calebwoods presents a different approach in his "An Alternative to Upfront Estimates" blog post. Read and comment on the Post here bit.ly/2m7hlZn.
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Read about @kyptin's experience and tradeoffs when using Heroku's recently announced Docker container runtime: bit.ly/2HLvh8s Do you agree with the recommendation - why or why not?
Read the back story on @calebwoods journey to RoleModel Software's Chief Technology Officer here: bit.ly/2CPsBAf
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